{"id":69815,"date":"2022-11-09T17:35:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T15:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=69815"},"modified":"2025-09-07T22:14:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T19:14:27","slug":"twitter-rejected-a-promotional-post-criticizing-teslas-full-self-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/twitter-rejected-a-promotional-post-criticizing-teslas-full-self-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter rejected a promotional post criticizing Tesla&#8217;s Full Self-Driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dawn Project organization said Twitter declined to promote a post criticizing Tesla&#8217;s Full Self-Driving system (FSD). The story is reported by <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/11\/8\/23446972\/tesla-twitter-ad-ban-dawn-project-dan-odowd-elon-musk\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\\\">The Verge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the screenshot provided by the group, social media moderators say the tweet breaches the ban on political content.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"664\\\" height=\\\"1024\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-11-09-143939-664x1024.png\\\" alt=\\\"Twitter \u043e\u0442\u043a\u043b\u043e\u043d\u0438\u043b \u0440\u0435\u043a\u043b\u0430\u043c\u043d\u0443\u044e \u043f\u0443\u0431\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044e \u0441 \u043a\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0430\u0432\u0442\u043e\u043f\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0442\u0430 Tesla\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-190328\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-11-09-143939-664x1024.png 664w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-11-09-143939-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-11-09-143939-768x1185.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-11-09-143939.png 825w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\\\" \/><figcaption>Screenshot of Twitter&#8217;s response to attempts to promote a post advertising criticism of Tesla&#8217;s FSD. Data: The Dawn Project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The refusal to promote the post is the latest in a strange, long-running feud between billionaire Elon Musk and The Dawn Project&#8217;s head Dan O&#8217;Dowd.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Tesla sent the organization a letter urging it to remove a video in which a robot car on autopilot runs over child-sized mannequins. The video no longer appears on the group&#8217;s YouTube page.<\/p>\n<p>The Dawn Project&#8217;s full-page advertisement in The New York Times still exists.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\\\">\n<div class=\\\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\\\">\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-width=\\\"500\\\" data-dnt=\\\"true\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Our <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@NYTimes<\/a> full-page ad today shows <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@ElonMusk<\/a>&#8216;s Full Self-Driving will still run over children, 3 months after we reported it. 93% agree it should be banned. Eventually this becomes manslaughter. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tesla?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@Tesla<\/a> staff &#038; directors could be liable <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHTSAgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@NHTSAgov<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CA_DMV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@CA_DMV<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/DvtSt9MwG3\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/DvtSt9MwG3<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/mOH0mteiN3\\\">pic.twitter.com\/mOH0mteiN3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan O&#8217;Dowd (@RealDanODowd) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealDanODowd\/status\/1589284532234379264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">November 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The group&#8217;s statements also raise questions about Twitter&#8217;s advertising policy after <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/elon-musk-closes-deal-to-buy-twitter\">\u043f\u043e\u043a\u0443\u043f\u043a\u0438<\/a> by Musk&#8217;s company.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Dowd called the decision not to promote the group&#8217;s post a troubling sign.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>&#8220;The drive to ban advertising content that criticizes Musk&#8217;s Tesla Full Self-Driving software raises serious questions about its commitment to free speech,&#8221; he noted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Twitter did not respond to requests for comment. This may be linked to mass layoffs at Musk&#8217;s company, also affecting the public relations department.<\/p>\n<p>The social network&#8217;s support page states:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>&#8220;Twitter globally prohibits promoting political content. We have made this decision based on our belief that the reach of such messages should be earned, not bought&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier this year, O&#8217;Dowd ran an unsuccessful U.S. Senate campaign regarding Tesla. He criticised FSD and said that his tests revealed critical deficiencies in the technology.<\/p>\n<p>Also in January, the head of The Dawn Project placed an advertisement denouncing FSD in The New York Times. He offered $10,000 to whoever first named \u201canother commercial product from a global corporation in which a critical failure occurs every eight minutes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?19\\\" data-telegram-post=\\\"forklogAI\/1534\\\" data-width=\\\"100%\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Tesla fans say that O&#8217;Dowd runs Green Hills Software, which collaborates with some competing automakers, including GM, BMW and Ford. They say the billionaire is financially invested in tarnishing Musk&#8217;s company.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk responded to The Dawn Project via Twitter, saying that &#8220;no one has died using FSD&#8221;. He also called Green Hills Software &#8220;a pile of junk&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\\\">\n<div class=\\\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\\\">\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-width=\\\"500\\\" data-dnt=\\\"true\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Green Hills software is a pile of trash. Linux ftw.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1482854483017318400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">January 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Earlier, in August, a Tesla fan proposed testing the Full Self-Driving system on children. A Verge journalist asked him not to.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog&#8217;s Telegram news: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogAI\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\\\">ForkLog AI<\/a> \u2014 all the news from the world of AI!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dawn Project said Twitter refused to promote a post criticizing Tesla&#8217;s Full Self-Driving system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,1217,1138,1319,40],"class_list":["post-69815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-elon-musk","tag-opinions","tag-tesla","tag-twitter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"11","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69817,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69815\/revisions\/69817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}